Asia antique map Caspian Sea and Aral Sea area by Bellin 1749
Title: Carte de Karazm, Turkestan, et Grande Bukharif...
Early map of Asia from the Caspian Sea across to the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, showing Turkistan, Uzbekistan parts of Persia and Siberia. Old map of the mapmaker Nicolas Bellin.
The Timurids Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty of originally Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Iran, modern Afghanistan, and modern Uzbekistan, as well as large parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Caucasus. It was founded by the militant conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) in the 14th century.
In the 16th century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana, invaded North India and founded the Mughal Empire, which ruled most of the North India until its decline after Aurangzeb in the early 18th century, and was formally dissolved by the British Raj after the Indian rebellion of 1857. Later princes of the dynasty predominantly used the title Mirza to show descent from the Amir. Mapmaker: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) published for Antoine-François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 – 1780.
Size: Sheet app.: 37 x 26 cm. 14.5 x 10.25 inches. Image app.: 30.5 x 21.5 cm. 12 x 8.5 inches. Condition: Fine, folds as published.
